The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will soon schedule trials of Sanofi-Aventis’ vaccine in children aged 6 months to 17 years old. Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation units are used as the testing grounds. Several universities around the country conduct the tests. Supposedly this summer healthy adults were tested with no overarching problems presenting. The experiment was deemed successful enough that now children can be tested.
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Children to be tested with Swine Flu vaccine
Flu Vaccine for Children, Untested
A new vaccine for swine flu is most likely to be targeted at vulnerable groups such as young children and pregnant women. But a Radio 4 documentary has discovered that little or no data exists on the safety or effectiveness of flu vaccines on these groups. (read more)
Untested Swine Flu Vaccine, would you take the shot?
Interesting what is happening in the UK regarding the swine flu vaccine. Seems as if some want to force this vaccine on the public. And there is resistance. Who are the unfortunate ones who are “tested”? Consider that even with volunteers who decide to undergo testing, so much can still go wrong with these substances.
Apparently all pharmaceutical testing isn’t above board. What should one call it, if someone with access to humans, in such an intimate way as medical care desires to test a substance without a subjects knowledge? How ever you spin it, it is not for the greater good. In one recent case executives were indicted for unethical activity. Is it possible that other such cases could exist? At any rate, when it comes to immunity, the only real immunity is afforded by one having a healthy immune system.
Untested swine flu vaccine could put British public at risk, warn experts
EXPERTS have warned about the potential dangers of using untested vaccines as the British government prepares to fast-track inoculations against swine flu.
The European Medicines Agency, the EU’s top drug regulatory body, is accelerating the approval process for swine flu vaccine in order to have it ready before winter. (article here)